Hello people,

I was over at my friends place last night. He has all kinds of reptiles- mouse-eating frogs, a 5' iguana that walks around the apartment, geckos, and among others a ball python. This bp is such a sweetheart- her temperment is so calm, I love taking it out; it never wants to go back in its cage once you take it out. Its healthy as can be, and one of the stronger feeling snakes I've ever really held.

I'm really suprised at this though, because my friends setup includes a 20 gal long (snake is about 3 feet long), a full spectrum bulb for heat, no UTH, a light tupperware water dish that gets knocked over all the time, and a small bath towel (which it hides under) over a bark substrate. He keeps the heat lamp on a 12/12 timer, and his apartment was probably about 70 degrees last night, and the heat lamp was off. I noticed a slight wheezing from the snake when I was holding it, and I let my friend know, so we just turned the heat lamp back on and put the snake in the cage.

I'm not really sure how to tell him his husbandtry isn't really what it should be. But then again he has an otherwise completely healthy bp that is a vacuum cleaner when it comes to feeding time. So I'm not really sure what to think it all. If he were to take my advice, it would pretty much mean changing every aspect of his current setup; and I'm not sure if he'd do that or not.

Anyone ever run into a situation like this??